The Kaaba, the small cubical building which Muslims pray towards, is believed to have been built by Ibrahim and has been a religious center ever since. Muslims believed that God commanded Ibrahim to send his second wife ajar and her son Ismail there. They found the well, which led to people settling nearby, and thus Mecca was born. When Ismail was big enough, he helped his father to build the Kaaba. The Kaaba is the place towards which Muslims turn in prayer.
Great Mosque of Mecca, Arabic, also called Holy Mosque or Mosque, mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, built to enclose the Kaaba, the holiest shrine in Islam. As one of the destinations of the hajj and pilgrimages, it receives millions of worshipers each year. The oldest parts of the modern structure date to the 16th century.
The mosque, which comprises a rectangular central courtyard surrounded by covered prayer areas, is the site of several pilgrimage rituals. Pilgrims use the courtyard to perform the ritual of the Kaaba, known as the Two more sacred sites are located in the courtyard: the station of Abraham, a stone which Islamic tradition associates with the account of the rebuilding of the Kaaba by Abraham and Ismail (Ishmael), and the well, a sacred spring. Immediately to the east and north of the courtyard, two small hills which pilgrims must run or walk between in a ritual known as the say. In the 20th century, an enclosed passageway between the two hills was appended to the mosque.
The Kaaba, the small cubical building which Muslims pray towards, is believed to have been built by Ibrahim and has been a religious center ever since. Muslims believed that God commanded Ibrahim to send his second wife ajar and her son Ismail there. They found the well, which led to people settling nearby, and thus Mecca was born. When Ismail was big enough, he helped his father to build the Kaaba. The Kaaba is the place towards which Muslims turn in prayer.
Great Mosque of Mecca, Arabic, also called Holy Mosque or Mosque, mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, built to enclose the Kaaba, the holiest shrine in Islam. As one of the destinations of the hajj and pilgrimages, it receives millions of worshipers each year. The oldest parts of the modern structure date to the 16th century.
The mosque, which comprises a rectangular central courtyard surrounded by covered prayer areas, is the site of several pilgrimage rituals. Pilgrims use the courtyard to perform the ritual of the Kaaba, known as the Two more sacred sites are located in the courtyard: the station of Abraham, a stone which Islamic tradition associates with the account of the rebuilding of the Kaaba by Abraham and Ismail (Ishmael), and the well, a sacred spring. Immediately to the east and north of the courtyard, two small hills which pilgrims must run or walk between in a ritual known as the say. In the 20th century, an enclosed passageway between the two hills was appended to the mosque.
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